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To: VidiVici who wrote (49677)	7/17/2000 3:41:23 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Fast TV picked DVxplore for its PVR. They just switched to VisionTech.......................................... newsalert.com July 17, 2000 05:43 VisionTech : Strategic Partnership For Personal Video Recording Technologies; VisionTech And FAST TV SERVER AG Join Forces Jump to first matched term HERZLYIA, ISRAEL AND MUNICH, GERMANY--VisionTech and FAST TV SERVER AG today announced a strategic partnership to provide Personal Video Recording technologies to a number of consumer electronic manufacturers. VisionTech's Kfir MPEG-2 encoder will bea key component for FAST TV SERVER AG's PVR technologies. Personal Video Recorders (PVR) is changing the way people around the world will watch TV. The ability to stop a live broadcasted program at any time, jump back and create personal instant replaysand continue watching without loosing a second of the program willgreatly improve the TV experience. Simultaneous recording and playback onto a computer-type hard disk allows for random access television without using videotape. "We are very pleased to work with VisionTech on our advanced Personal Video Recording technology", said Mr. Matthias Zahn, President and CEO of FAST TV SERVER AG. "Our system design and EPGexpertise combined with VisionTech's compression technology will result in a unique platform to address the growing demand of our consumer electronics customers for personal video recording and enhanced TV services." FAST TV SERVER AG is working closely with avariety of companies to rapidly deploy this exciting technology inthe mass market. Kfir is the most advanced MPEG-2 encoder in the market, offering high video quality and unparalleled performance at consumer level price. Kfir captures and encodes uncompressed video and audio and generates MPEG-2 program or transport, or MPEG-1 system stream. Kfir requires a single 64Mbit SDRAM to operate. Kfir's applications include cable and satellite set top boxes, stand-alone personal video recorders, DVD recorders and video overIP. "We are excited to be working with FAST TV SERVER AG to bring Personal Video Recording capabilities to its products," said Amir Morad, President & CEO of VisionTech. "Kfir's unparalleled performance, video quality, industry's lowest memory requirements and system cost ideally fit the concept of desktop, stand-alone, TV-based and set top personal video recorders." Earlier, VisionTech announced a series of design wins and strategic alliances with leading manufacturers in the field of personal video recorders and personal TV, like Replay TV, LG Electronics, Vestel and others. About VisionTech VisionTech is a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable MPEG-2 compression of video, voice and data content for consumer electronics, home entertainment and broadbandcommunications markets. Applications for VisionTech's products include personal TV, personal video recorders, cable set-top boxes, digital video recorders, home networking, satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast. Visit our web site at visiontech-dml.com. About FAST TV SERVER AG FAST TV SERVER AG is Europe's leading developer of technologies and services for enhanced television. Founded in 1999 by the majority shareholders of FAST Multimedia AG and interpersonal-computing GmbH, FAST TV SERVER AG ideally combines the competence and experience of both parent companies. FAST TV SERVER AG develops products and services for personal TV systems and licenses them to selected partners. Products using TV SERVER Technology will be available from several partner companies from the year 2001. For more information, visit tv-server.de. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: VisionTech (US) Steve Unger +845-352-3700 +845-371-1556 (FAX) steve@visiontech-dml.com or Brian Lemelman +561-691-9000 lemelman@visiontech-dml.com or VisionTech (Europe/Japan/Asia) Tommy Orpaz +972-9-9512-877 (Ex.203) or +44-77-88-741-281 +972-9-9512-878 (FAX) orpaz@visiontech-dml.com INDUSTRY: CMT SUBJECT: JVN -0-